Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
ALAN COOPERAs these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
ALAN COOPER